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Artesia Pro/CME WIDI Master--Bluetooth MIDI
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Artesia Pro has CME's WIDI Master. This is for the interconnection of all your 5-pin DIN-socketed MIDI devices wirelessly over Bluetooth® 5 MIDI--the new wireless standard approved by the MMA (MIDI Manufacturers Association). Not only does this get rid of MIDI cables between different vintage instruments, it allows new control over many MIDI devices. There is no need of any special software, computer, or extra hardware and there is no increase in latency--it is as low as 3ms.
I received WIDI Master for review and it comes as a pair of MIDI dongles--one for the MIDI Out socket and the other for the MIDI In socket of your keyboard or drum machine. It is powered (3.3V to 5V) over the MIDI Out jack and a short jumper cable connects it to power the receiver dongle plugged into the MIDI In.
Bluetooth 5 pairing is automatic and range (about 20-meters in any direction) is sufficient to operate anywhere on a live stage or in your studio. You can connect two instruments together or a use a mobile controller to send MIDI to your keyboard rack. WIDI Master also transmits MIDI Clocks and SysEx information for drum machines and/or sequencers and arpeggiators.
The WIDI Master sells for $59.99 MSRP and works with the new MIDI 2.0 standard going forward. I think it is a great idea that I first saw at the 2020 WNAMM Show and a cool new gadget that will always be current and updatable with new features via the WIDI Plus application.
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